Sweet Talker

Recent Conversation with my sweet Josh:

Mom: "Hi handsome"


Josh: "Hi beautiful"

Be still my heart!

School Is In Session

Annie started 1st grade last week. It's a big deal for her to be gone all day. She loves it, I kinda love it and Josh misses her like crazy. Her teacher is Ms. May. She goes to our church and there are also 5 other kids from church in her class as well. It's really fun to hear her tell me about the day on the drive home. She seems so grown up!

When I picked her up from school on the first day I asked her if she had a good day. She quickly replied, "No!" and my heart sank. She then interjected, "It was a GRREAT day!" Music to my ears.

The Voice of God

My sweet Annie girl has been hearing the voice of God today and seeing him move in her life! It started with a battle of milk this morning. She really wanted chocolate milk, but we insisted she drink all of her "snowman milk", or white milk, or she wouldn't be allowed to get up from the table. After about 10 minutes she announced, "Mom, I prayed that God would help me drink all of my milk & he said he would!" In less than 5 minutes she had completely drank all of her milk and was free to play. Later this afternoon, while coloring in the toy room she came out and announced that God had asked her if she would obey him and she said yes! She said she would be His servant and go wherever he asked...even to another country! I quickly encouraged her that obeying Jesus is all he asks of us and that we show God how much we love him by obeying.

A little later, I was changing Emily's poopy diaper and Annie announced yet again that God answered her prayer. She said she prayed that the diaper wouldn't stink and it didn't! (I can attest to this as well...it didn't smell). She quickly declared that, "THIS PRAYING STUFF WORKS!"

Lord, let her faith continue to rise!

Toddler Ingenuity

So I'm sitting in the living room, folding laundry when I notice I hear the sound of water running/spilling in the kitchen. I immediately call Emily's name as I go into the kitchen to discover that she's trying to get water from the refrigerator door, all by herself. She has the cup jammed between the water dispenser and the ice dispenser just so that the water is continually pouring, although it's missing the cup and going all over the kitchen floor. Emily's hair is soaked and she is all smiles. Their is so much water all over the tile that she keeps slipping, but the smile never leaves her face. She was so proud of doing it by herself. It took 3 towels to soak up all the water. Fortunately today is laundry day.

We had a great time on our family vacation to Destin, FL! Granny & Papa treated us & my brother's family to a wonderful week on the Emerald Coast. It was amazing. The water was CRYSTAL clear, there were no jelly fish & the weather was perfect. It was supposed to rain everyday, but God held it off so we could enjoy the ocean. The kids had a blast playing in the sand and were BRAVE as they swam in the sea....riding the waves and all. Shawn got to ride a jet ski & I got some time by myself under an umbrella with a good book & a Dr. Pepper. Is there anything better than this?

Helping husbands

you know....I'm learning that when my husband needs my help, my nagger wants to come out instead of my helper. what is it with women. but today was different. i helped him. without a nag, without a complaint. the problem wasn't solved but he felt supported, which was a huge victory in itself. lord, help me to have more days like this. And help him to find his iphone!

Learning How

So I am officially a blogger! I've gone to the dark side for real. First it was facebook. Now it's blogging. What's the world coming to? Kristi & Ashley inspired me. Sara nagged me til I had no choice. I'm not promising anything....but at least I've started.